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First named Carterette Road, this section from Rockleigh Road to the state line, was straightened and improved in 1859 as an extension of the road from Closter. For local farmers it was an easier wagon route to New York State and for carrying produce to the steamboat landings on the Hudson River. BCHS Marker |
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Historic Site No. 31 |
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Closter Publick Road (Piermont Road - south) Snedens Landing Road (Rockleigh Road)
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On April 10, 1857, ten local land owners,
led by Moses Taylor, Jr., applied to
Bergen County for a re-alignment of a part of Closter Public Road. On June
2, 1857 the route was surveyed and the length of the improvement involved
about one and one-half miles beginning near the present Norwood-Closter
line. The artery ran northward past the John A. Haring House and ended close to the northeast corner of Moses
Taylor's barn (Abraham A. Haring House) where Snedens Landing Road ran
northeast.
An extension Closter Publick Road was proposed to run northerly, past Snedens Landing Road towards Piermont. From Moses Taylor's barn (Capt. Abraham A.A. Haring House), where Snedens Landing Road ran northeast to steeply climb the palisades, a new road of 4163 feet was laid out by October 4, 1859 that extended to the north across farmlands to the New York border. Extending to Piermont, this road provided an easier wagon route to the Erie Railroad terminus and steamboat landing at Piermont. The new extension was first named Carterette Road, but was usually referred to as Central Road, later becoming Piermont road for obvious reasons. Reginald
McMahon: "Two Haring
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| Hopkins-Corey (1861) | |||||
| Walker's Atlas (1876) | |||||
| Beers (1891) | Central Road | ||||
| Bromley (1912) | |||||
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References |
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Bergen County Historic
Sites Survey, Borough of Rockleigh. 1981-1982. |
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| Road Return G-15, Hackensack, NJ | |||||
| Reginald
McMahon: "Two
Haring Houses at Rockleigh, NJ", 1973 mms, Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ |
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| Reginald
McMahon: "A History of the Jacob Conklin House, Rockleigh,
NJ", 1977. mms, Bergen County Historical Society, River Edge, NJ |
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Compiled by E. W. April, 2002
